Benthe König

Benthe König (born 2 February 2000) is a Dutch athlete from Velp competing in the shot put. 

Career
König was talented from a young age. At a youth competition König threw farther than the measuring tape. "The organizasion had not taken into account that a pupil whould be to throw that far.

In 2019 König won the silver medal at the 2019 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships behind Jorinde van Klinken. In that year she started working on a new technique. She competed in the shot put event at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships and finished 6th in the final. At the 2020 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships and 2021 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships she won the bronze medal.

Due to her position on the world ranking list, she qualified for the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the shot put event in Oregon, United States.

Personal life
König has three sisters, and all competed in athletics. Benthe was the only of the four who continued with athletics.

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Category:1998 births
Category:Living people
Category:Dutch shot putters